рачить

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *račiti.

Pronunciation

Verb

рачи́ть (račítʹimpf

  1. (obsolete) to desire, to want
  2. (obsolete) to be diligent, to strive
  3. (video games slang, colloquial, derogatory) to play unskillfully
  4. (slang, derogatory, by extension) to do anything unskillfully

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рачить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress